Sabalenka cruises through as Gauff battles into last eight
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DEFENDING champion Aryna Sabalenka raced into the Australian Open quarter-finals while Coco Gauff recovered from a set down to defeat Belinda Bencic.
Sabalenka had been pushed in her two previous matches by Jessica Bouzas Maneiro and Clara Tauson, but she was ruthless against 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva.
Andreeva upset Sabalenka at the French Open last summer, but she lasted just 62 minutes on Rod Laver Arena as the top seed dished out similar treatment to that meted out on Emma Raducanu by Iga Swiatek on Saturday.
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